Wells, Harry Laurenz, History of Butte County, California San Francisco: H.L. Wells, 1882, 395 pgs. Title page Index to Volume I. History of California from 1513 to 1850 Index to Volume II. History of Butte county from its earliest settlement to the present time Index to biographies Index to illustrations Vol I. Chapter I. Discovery of and failure to occupy California by Spain Vol I. Chapter II. Occupation of lower California by the Jesuits Vol I. Chapter III. Conquest of upper California by the Franciscans Vol I. Chapter IV. Downfall of the missions Vol I. Chapter V. Spanish Military occupation Vol I. Chapter VI. fourteen of the twenty-four years that California was a Mexican Territory Vol I. Chapter VII. The last ten years that California was a Mexican Territory Vol I. Chapter VIII. The Bear-Flag War, and what led to it Vol I. Chapter IX. The war commenced by the Bear-Flag Party ends in the conquest of California by the United States Vol I. Chapter X. The Flores Insurrection Vol I. Chapter XI. California after the conquest, until admitted into the union as a state, in 1850 Vol I. The great fur companies and their trapping expeditions to California Vol I. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley Vol I. The discovery of gold in California Vol II. History of Butte County